1 of 2. Peter addressed his circular letter to those who were considered as aliens in the world. But why are these considered as alien? Christians are considered alien by...

CONSIDERED ALIEN-I—1Peter 1:1-2
ALIEN ENOUGH?
Attention:
In 1947, someone found some unidentifiable ‘wreckage’ debris in Roswell, NM. The wreckage was transported to a military installation near the southwestern border of Nevada currently known as Area 51. The military locked
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To show that we need to talk the talk, walk the talk and seek after Heaven, our real country.

I. EXORDIUM:
Are you seeking after heaven?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that we need to talk the talk, walk the talk and seek after Heaven, our real country.
IV. TEXT:
Hebrews 11:14 (Amplified Bible)
11:14 Now those people who talk as they did
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A Christian Is... An Alien and a Stranger
Thesis: As Christians We are to be Different
(Material adapted from Bob Tinsky's book, A Christian Is, Chapter 7, Pgs. 105-118)

HoHum:
In the Ice Age movies a squirrel is on a never ending quest for the acorn. He tries and he tries to get that acorn, and meets with a variety of misadventures along the way. He never succeeds in getting the acorn.
In one of these movies, the squirrel has a "near death" experience, and finds
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God's Word tells us what we can also do to defeat even overwhelming difficulties.

“Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all
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To show that we have a better permanent place in Heaven prepared for us by our LORD JESUS CHRIST.

I. EXORDIUM:
Are you a sojourner here on earth?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that we have a better permanent place in Heaven prepared for us by our LORD JESUS CHRIST.
IV. TEXT:
Hebrews 11:9 (Amplified Bible)
11:9 [Prompted] by faith he dwelt as a
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The lesson points out examples of the temporary in light of the permanent. I used this also to help with our VBS theme this year of God's Greatest Show on Earth.

1. Lifetime Battery
An angry motorist went back to a garage where he had purchased an expensive battery for his car six months earlier. "Listen," the motorist grumbled to the owner of the garage, "when I bought that battery you said it would be the last battery my car would ever need. It died
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